SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              
                   Washington, D.C. 20549
                              
                              
                          FORM 8-K
                              
                              
                       CURRENT REPORT
                              
             PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
           THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
                              
                              
  Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported) January 23, 1997
                              
                              
        AEI REAL ESTATE FUND XVII LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
   (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
                              
                     State of Minnesota
      (State or other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or
                        Organization)
                              
                              
                              
                              
           0-17467                      41-1603719
   (Commission File Number)          (I.R.S. Employer
                                   Identification No.)
                              
                              
   1300 Minnesota World Trade Center, St. Paul, Minnesota 55101
          (Address of Principal Executive Offices)
                              
                              
                       (612) 227-7333
    (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
                              
                              
                              
    (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
                              


Item 2.   Acquisition or Disposition of Assets.

       On January 23, 1997, the Partnership, AEI Real Estate
Fund XVII Limited Partnership, sold its 65.09% interest in a
Sizzler  restaurant in Cincinnati, Ohio to James  Chantilas,
who  is  not affiliated with the Partnership.  The remaining
interests  were  sold by AEI Real Estate  Fund  XVI  Limited
Partnership   and  AEI  Real  Estate  Fund   XVIII   Limited
Partnership, affiliates of the Partnership.  The total  cash
sales price was $515,000.

      The Partnership received net proceeds of approximately
$315,000 for its interest in the property, which resulted in
a net loss of approximately $504,000.

Item 7. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

        (a)  A  limited  number of proforma adjustments  are
             required  to  illustrate  the  effects  of  the
             transaction  on  the balance sheet  and  income
             statement.      The     following     narrative
             description  is  furnished  in  lieu   of   the
             proforma statements:
          
             Assuming  the Partnership had sold the property
             on   September   30,  1996,  the  Partnership's
             Investments  in  Real Estate  would  have  been
             reduced  by  $827,328 and  its  Current  Assets
             (cash)    would   have   been   increased    by
             approximately  $315,000 and  Partner's  Capital
             would have decreased by $512,328.
          
             The  Total  Income  for the  Partnership  would
             have  increased from $2,215,115  to  $2,234,015
             for  the year ended December 31, 1995 and  from
             $1,354,438 to $1,366,841 for nine months  ended
             September   30,   1996   if   the   Partnership
             consummated the sale at the beginning of  those
             periods.  The increase is attributable  to  the
             Investment  Income the Partnership  would  have
             earned  on  the  sale proceeds of  $18,900  and
             $12,403  for the year ended December  31,  1995
             and  the nine months ended September 30,  1996,
             respectively.
          
             Depreciation  Expense would have  decreased  by
             $33,201   and  $24,901  for  the   year   ended
             December  31,  1995 and the nine  months  ended
             September 30, 1996, respectively.
          
             Partnership    Administration   and    Property
             Management  Expense  would  have  decreased  by
             $12,258   and  $31,203  for  the   year   ended
             December  31,  1995 and the nine  months  ended
             September 30, 1996, respectively.
          
             The  net  effect of these pro forma adjustments
             would  have caused Net Income to increase  from
             $3,708,662  to  $3,773,021 and from  $1,107,943
             to  $1,176,450,  which would have  resulted  in
             Net  Income  of $161.37 and $50.40 per  Limited
             Partnership  Unit  outstanding  for  the   year
             ended  December  31, 1995 and the  nine  months
             ended September 30, 1996, respectively.
          
          
        (c)  Exhibits
          
                Exhibit  10.1 - Purchase  Agreement
                                dated  December  19,  1996  between
                                the  Partnership, AEI  Real  Estate
                                Fund   XVIII  Limited  Partnership,
                                AEI  Real  Estate Fund XVI  Limited
                                Partnership  and  James   Chantilas
                                relating  to the property  at  2711
                                Waterpark Drive, Mason, Ohio.


                         SIGNATURES
                              
     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange
Act  of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report  to
be  signed  on  its behalf by the undersigned hereunto  duly
authorized.

                             AEI REAL ESTATE FUND XVII LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

                             By:  AEI Fund Management XVII, Inc.
                             Its: Managing  General Partner


Date:  February 3, 1997       /s/ Mark E. Larson
                              By: Mark E. Larson
                                  Its Chief Financial Officer
                                  (Principal Accounting and
                                  Financial Officer)